I am a 30yr old male, and I have a 10km (20km round trip) commute to work.
- About 60/40 bike lane/road, and its a city = so can be stop-starty with traffic lights in rush hour.
I was only riding about 3 times a week, and then using my motorbike for the other days.
I have a racer bike, single speed but this is fine as route is nearly all flat.
I was never really pushing it - just cruising = would take around 35-40min to get to work (pending traffic lights)
I am 6ft2 and weigh 210lbs, and therefore BMI says im overweight, so I want to get closer to 180lbs.
Therefore I aim to change my lifestyle to meet this goal.
- I already have a plan with a diet - using DailyBurn to help with this.
I imagine I will end up doing some running at some point and also keeping an eye on ebay for some weights. - However, I am a busy person. Ideally I prefer the idea of maximising my use of time and turn my commute into a more efficient method of losing weight (and as a bonus getting to work quicker, saving more time).
I think I already know the answer - Cycle Harder
I would prefer more detailed answers with advice on motivating me to do this.
- I was thinking perhaps a speedo for my bike to keep track on times/average speeds/etc, but the traffic lights surely make this tricky to rely on?
Any tips (with weight loss in mind) would be great.
I was thinking about putting this in the bicycle-se, but I think its more fitness related.
I also read this post which is related but not a duplicate. This post on how to make your commute productive is not really related, but I also aim to take advice from there too.